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WILLIAM EDGE, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, AND WILLIAM J. FITZGERALD,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VcolN-coNi-ROLLED DICE-Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,478, dated June 27, 1893.

' Application filed October 15, 1892. Serial No. 448.995. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM EDGE, residing at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, and WILLIAM J. FI'Iz- GERALD, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, citizens of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Dice- Boxes, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to novel means for throwing dice asl pointed out in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section in the plane a: Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view looking in the direction of arrow l Fig. l when the apparatus is in its normal position of rest. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the parts in a position which they occupy after the plunger has been depressed three times in succession. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section in the plane y y Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the parts in a different position.y Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the parts in another different position. Fig. 8 is a partial horizontal section in the plane u u Fig. l. Fig. 9 is a partial vertical section in the plane .c e' Fig. 2. Fig. 10 is a detached face View of the cam late.

In the drawings the letter A designates a box which contains a drawer B. These parts may be made of wood or any other suitable material.

On the box A is firmly secured the base plate C of our game apparatus and from this base plate rise two standardsD D which form the bearings for gudgeons a a which extend from the ends of the dice box E. This dice box is constructed with a series of compart ments b, 62192, b3, b4 each of which is intended to contain one of the dice and the front plate c is transparent so that the dice can be inspected and the number of points contained on the upper face of each die can be counted.

Each of the compartments of the dice box is provided with a slide d secured to a rod e which extends transversely through the dice box beneath the bottom plate bo of the compartments b, b' b2 b3 b4 (see Figs. 5, 6, and 7). When the rod is pushed in from the position shown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 7, the slide d covers the die in the respective compartment and the dice box E can be swung on its gudgeons in the direction of arrow 2 55 which connects two levers g g which have their 6o fulcra on gudgeons h h extending through holes in the standards D D (see Fig. 2 and also Fig. l). A spring rwhich is secured to the back of the dice box also acts on the bar f as will be presently explained.

By swinging the dice box on its gudgeons in the direction of `arrow 2 from the position shown in Fig. 7 to that shown in Fig. I and then swinging it back to the position shown in Fig. 5 the dice which are not covered by one of the slides d are free to roll in their compartments so that when the dice box has reassumed its normal position (Fig. 5), the numbers of points shown on the upper faces of said dice may be changed, while the die or dice covered by slides do not change their positions. But when the dice box is swung back in the direction opposite' arrow 2 from the position shown in Fig. 4. to that shown in Fig. 6, the inner end of the rod e strikes the bar f, the upper ends of the levers g g are thrown against the back of the dice box, the spring t' is compressed, the slide d is pushed back to uncover the face of its die and iinally the spring t' causes the dice box to move from 8 5 the position shown in Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig. 5. If the player after having made a throw desires to retain one or more dice in position, he can do so by pushing in the respective slides and after the next throw the 9o die or dice thus retained are uncovered so as to enable the player to count the points on all the dice.

In order to enable each player to impart to the dice box the required motion we have pro- 9 5 vided the following mechanism: On the gudgeon a which extends through the standard D is firmly mounted apinion j which meshes into a rack bar 7e formed on the shank of a plunger F which is guided above in a bracket Z secured to the standard D' while its lowest end extends through a hole in the bottom IOO flange of said standard and in the base plate C. From the shank of the plunger F extends an arm m (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4) which is exposed to the action of a spring n so that when the plunger is pushed down, this spring is compressed and when the plunger is released,it is carried backto its normal position (Figs. 1 and 3) by the action of the spring n. The upward movement of the plunger is limited by the action of a stop o against the bracket l (Figs. land 3).

On the standard D is firmly secured a `bracket G to which is secured a double armed lower end bears against a rail q secured to a spring actuated slide I (Figs. 1, 2, 8 and 9) which is fitted into a carriageK thatis mounted on rails o* r in the upper partof a standard .I and subjected tothe raction of spring s which hasa tendency to retain the carriage in its initial or normal position (shown in Figs. land 3).

On thecarriage K is firmly secureda block t which carries a pawl d2 adapted to engage a rack bar e2 which is secured to the rail r', and from said pawl extends a pin f2 which when 'the carriage is moved from its initial positionin the direction of arrow 3 (Figs. 2 and 3) passes beneath a springg2 which is secured to a bracket h2 fastened to the carriage and which extends in the direction of the rack bar e2 (Figs. 3, 4`and 9). The rear end of this spring is bent downward and when the carriage has reached the position shown in Fig. 4, the end of the spring g2 passes beneaththe pin j2 of the pawl d2 so as toprevent'thepawl from engaging the teeth of the rack bar e2 leaving the Vcarriage free to follow the action of its retracting spring s.

From the rail q of the slide I extends a block t2 in line with the block t of the carriage Kl(see Figs. 2 and 8) and if a wedge or disk L such for instance as a penny is forced down between the blocks t and t2, the slide I is forced inward to the position shown in Figs. 1,-2, 'and 9, so that a stud k2 which extends from the slide I is thrown in engagement with a cam plate M which is secured to the plunger F and moves up and downv with'the same. At the same time the rail q throws the lever vl-I out of engagement with the stop o.

A detached face view of the cam plate M is shown in Fig. 10. It contains a cam slot` composed of three curved slots 10, 11 and 12, two upwardly extendingspurs 13 and 14 and two downwardly extending spurs 15 and 16. If the plunger F is depressed, the carriage K is moved in the direction of arrow 3 against the action of its spring s by the action of the curved slot 10 on the stud k2 and if the plunger is released and permitted to rise up, the

stud k2 follows the edges of the spurs 15 and 13 to the bottom end of the curved slotll, the carriage K being prevented from following the action of its spring .s by the rack bar e2 and pawl d2. In the same manner when the plunger is depressed for the second time, the

curvedslot 11 acts upon the stud 7a2 and when the plunger is released, the stud k2 becomes located in the bottom end of the curved slot 12. If the plunger is depressed for the third time, the curved slot 12 acts upon the stud k2 and the carriage K is moved in the direction of arrow 3 (Fig. 3) to such a position that the pawl cl2 passes the toothedportionof the rack bar c2 and at the moment when the upper end of the curved slot 12 `strikes the stud 702, the disk L drops down so thaty the slide I is free to follow the action of itsretr'acting springs Z2 and the carriage K returnsto theinitial position.

In order Vto release the disk L automatically after the plunger F has been depressed three times in succession, the standard J is provided with a'n m2 which terminates over a chute n2 leading down into the drawer B. When the disk L is`forced down between the blocks t and r2.(Fig. 8) it strikes the `iin lm2 and as the carriage K is moved inthe direction of arrow 3 bythe action of the cam plate M on the stud k2, the disk L rides upon the iin m2 but as soon as it reaches thee'nd of this iin, it drops down into the drawer 13, the stud kis thrownout of engagement withthe cam plate Mand the carriageK is freeto'follow its retraeting spring s. 'At the same time the lever H drops back in'engagemen't with 'the stop o so that the plunger isllocked.

In the example shown'in the drawings'the cam plate M, the carriage K and the parts which control the engagement of this carriage with the cam plate are so constructed, that each player has three throws in succession but it is obvious that these parts can be-read- Vily changed so as to give each player two or more throws 1n succession.

their normal positionsafter'the plunger has been depressed, substantially as described.

' 2. A dice box provided with a series of compartments, one for each die and with a series of diceretaining slides one for each compartment, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a dice boxvhungl on gudgeons and having compartments one for each'die, of dice 'retaining slides one for each compartment and mechanism substantially as described for returning the slides automatically'to their normal positions after each throw.

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4. The combination Vwith a dice box hung on gudgeons and with the plunger which is geared with the dice box of the stop o, on the plunger the gravtating lever I-I, the cam plate M secured to the plunger, the spring actuated carriage K, the spring actuated slide I, the rail q' secured to this slide and constructed to act on the lever H, the stud k2 extending from the slide I and adapted to engage the cam xo plate M, the block t secured to the carriage K, the block 2 secured to the slide I and the iin or support m2, substantially as described. In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM EDGE. WILLIAM J. FITZGERALD. Witnesses:

WM. C. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

